Need to leave the house but your hair’s looking a little greasy? Dry shampoo is a quick fix for that. Sprinkle a little on your roots so it absorbs oil and dirt, and you’re good to go. It’s a lifesaver if you want to look…
One of the nice things about volunteering at a local environmental organisation is that I learn new tricks all the time, like this recipe for zero waste toilet bowl cleaner. I’d been looking for a replacement for store-bought, bleach-laden toilet cleaning products, but was worried…
Before chucking vegetable scraps in the compost, I sometimes try to get just a little bit more utility out of them by making vegetable stock or broth out of them. If you google vegetable stock recipes, you’ll find a ton that yield more predictable results…
One of the things I love most about hosting couchsurfers is being able to learn new recipes from them. Last summer, a vegan couchsurfer made something he called “lazy sushi” at my place, and I thought it was ingenious. Despite being meat-free, it really does…
I clean almost everything at home with a super simple homemade multi-purpose vinegar cleaning spray. But when I’ve been eating oranges, I like to save the peels to make citrus all-purpose cleaner. It’s stronger and more acidic than the plain vinegar cleaning spray, and is…
For almost three years, I washed my hair with nothing but Marseille soap bars. Whenever I told people, they’d usually reply that it would never work for their hair. Some said they’d tried zero waste shampoo bars or solid shampoo but had given up because…
I’m a terrible cook. Okay, that’s probably the worst possible way to persuade people to follow my recipes. But wait! There are a few dishes I make reasonably well. And these recipes have one thing in common: they’re so easy my cat could make them…
Green onions, scallions and spring onions give dishes a little extra oomph, and are a staple if you’re into Asian cooking. Like most people, I used to just discard the roots of my green onions. Little did I know, I was literally throwing food away!…
This is one of the easiest, cheapest zero waste tutorials ever! I now substitute the use of the bulk of my at-home cleaning products with a simple home-made vinegar cleaning solution composed of white vinegar and water. With vinegar costing less than 1 euro a…
Meowrning! 😀 One of the first zero waste projects I tried was making reusable cotton rounds. Cotton pads and rounds are as indispensable as toilet paper when it comes to applying facial products like toner, removing makeup and sunscreen and the like. Here at Green…